A confident skipper went on: "It would take three or four horrible games for us to mess up now and, to be honest, we don't look like doing that.

"Poynton are a good team with dangerous players, but we are unbeaten so far this year."

Next week sees Widnes involved in two crucial games. On Saturday, they meet Upton, who are 51 points adrift of the leaders but still harbour hopes of promotion, and the following day they take on Didsbury.

Woods sees that league knockout tie as a way of analysing the side's progress against a Premier League outfit.

"It will be an interesting game to see how we are doing," he added.

But the priority is promotion - and making sure Poynton keep below them!